Prabowo: There Are Those Using Power to Aid Thieves of State Funds

President Prabowo Subianto stated that there are people within the government who are helping thieves of state funds. According to Prabowo, the misuse of power for personal or group benefit remains a problem in Indonesia.

“We must acknowledge that among our bureaucracy, among our ministries and institutions, our institutions, there are individuals entrusted with tasks and honour by the state, but who use their authority and power instead to help those who steal from state funds,” said Prabowo at the Attorney General’s Office in Jakarta on Friday, 10 April 2026.

According to Prabowo, Indonesian society must acknowledge the existence of this problem. One example of power misuse he discussed is the operation of mines that continue despite being illegal. Prabowo considers these operations as acts of stealing state funds.

Therefore, Prabowo appreciated the Task Force for Regulating Forest Areas (Satgas PKH) for successfully returning state funds from illegal mining and plantations. Prabowo formed this task force at the beginning of his administration.

At the same event, President Prabowo witnessed the handover of Rp 11.4 trillion from Satgas PKH to the state treasury. Attorney General Sanitiar Burhanuddin symbolically handed over the total of Rp 11.4 trillion to Finance Minister Purbaya Yudhi Sadewa. The ceremony symbolised the return of state funds and assets collected by law enforcement to the state treasurer.

Prabowo stated that this handover of funds is part of the efforts to save state funds and assets, which has occurred several times during his administration. “This is an honour and a joy for me that this has happened multiple times in the government I lead, which has only been 1.5 years so far,” he said.

Prabowo also mentioned previous incidents of returning state funds. The Gerindra Party Chairman noted that in October 2025, the government had collected Rp 13.2 trillion in state funds in a corruption case involving the provision of export facilities for crude palm oil and its derivatives.

Then, in December 2025, said Prabowo, the government again saved Rp 6.6 trillion in state funds. Thus, Prabowo stated that the total cash returned to the state treasury up to April 2026 amounts to approximately Rp 31.3 trillion.